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  • Victor Echolot Pinger [operational again]

    From Gabx@victor@virebent.invalid to alt.privacy,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks on Friday, August 07, 2026 11:41:16
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    The Echolot pinger at *VICTOR* echolot.virebent.art (https://echolot.virebent.art) is operational again.

    The outage was caused by a stale PID file left behind . The PID file now
    lives under /run, preventing it from surviving reboots.

    The systemd service was also improved with proper network ordering, an explicit working directory, and automatic restart on failure.

    best regards

    Gabx

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  • From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@johann@myrkraverk.invalid to alt.privacy,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks on Friday, August 07, 2026 21:26:41
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    On 07/08/2026 7:41 PM, Gabx wrote:
    The Echolot pinger at *VICTOR* echolot.virebent.art (https://echolot.virebent.art) is operational again.

    The outage was caused by a stale PID file left behind . The PID file now lives under /run, preventing it from surviving reboots.

    The systemd service was also improved with proper network ordering, an explicit working directory, and automatic restart on failure.

    best regards

    Gabx

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    That sounds like it's made by inexperience programmers. It's much
    better to flock() the pidfile, and then it doesn't matter if there's a
    stale one left behind.

    The locking will just succeed.
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  • From Gabx@n2usenet@virebent.art to alt.privacy,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks on Friday, August 07, 2026 17:28:43
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    Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
    That sounds like it's made by inexperience programmers. It's much
    better to flock() the pidfile, and then it doesn't matter if there's a
    stale one left behind.

    The locking will just succeed.

    You are right !
    The previous stale pidfile has been replaced with an exclusive flock()
    held for full life time.

    Best regards
    Gabx

    i'm not perfect :)

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  • From Kosmik Dog@hardcore@virebent.invalid to alt.privacy,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks on Friday, August 07, 2026 20:47:33
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    Victor Echolot went down on July 8th.

    Is it possible that among all you serial users of the YAMN/Mixmaster network, not a single person pinged Gabx to let him know?

    It really makes you think, especially regarding the kind of community and privacy-obsessed users involved.

    What a load of crap :) .

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